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A False Bacchus Crowning Some Drunkards
Bacchus (The Drunkards)
A False Bacchus Crowning Some Drunkards
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
1778
Medium/Technique
Etching; completed plate, first edition
Dimensions
Platemark: 32 x 43.7 cm (12 5/8 x 17 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 41.2 x 51.5 cm (16 1/4 x 20 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 41.2 x 51.5 cm (16 1/4 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession Number97.1233
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 004, III, 1; Delteil 4
DescriptionCompleted plate, 18th century impression (H. III, 1 "first edition").
Marks
Watermark: JOAN;
Ph. Burty (1830-1890), Paris stamp, recto (L. 413); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896) stamp (L. 1309), verso; Harvey D. Parker Collection, stamp (L. 1870), verso.
Ph. Burty (1830-1890), Paris stamp, recto (L. 413); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896) stamp (L. 1309), verso; Harvey D. Parker Collection, stamp (L. 1870), verso.
InscriptionsEtched below image: "Pintura de Don Diego Velazquez con figuras del tamaño natural en el Real Palacio de Madrid, que representa un BACO fingido coronando algunos / borrachos: dibujada y grabada por D. Franciso Goya, Pintor, Año de 1778";
Later inscriptions: l.l. margin in graphite, "P L 237", l. r. margin in graphite: "amn"
Verso, in black ink: "-1180"
Later inscriptions: l.l. margin in graphite, "P L 237", l. r. margin in graphite: "amn"
Verso, in black ink: "-1180"
ProvenancePhilippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris, stamp (Lugt 413) sale of April 27, 1876 by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, lot 694, Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816–d. 1896), New York (Lugt 1309); October 21, 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA. (Accession date: March 23, 2018)
NOTE:
Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.
NOTE:
Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.